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debosky: Conversely, Spurs has a wage bill of just £91m, £33m less than ours, but we finished only a point above them.

But then again, all this is nothing new. . . .we can only hope Arsenal begins to move in the right direction this summer.

Shyte happens(or almost happened as it turned out ), one season is just that, one season. Who woulda thought Chelsea would finish sixth, below Spuds/'Castle despite their wage-bill being higher than both of them COMBINED?

Overall Arsenal have the fifth highest wage-bill(and are way down the table in terms of net-spend) but finished in the top-three. Obviously fans want more than just top-3 but how do you compete with teams recording 197m loss?

Reduce the youth squad - get rid of more players earlier, but make sure you insert sell on clauses in their contracts. Reduce the loan contingent - sell them even for very low, just get the dross off the wage bill, AND use that to improve the squad with new quality players, not giving duds like Djourou pay rises.

This is what we've been clamoring for since the fall of man. Squilaci, Denilson, Arshavin, two of Bendtner/Chamakh/Park, Lansbury, etc need to be moved on.

Bilbao getting rimmed, Messi on 73 goals and counting. I have a bet he'll reach 75, come on Leo!!!

coogar: caucasian! are you jealous?

we don't need any of kagawa or hazard. surplus to requirements.
i doubt hazard is better than nani, kagawa cannot be better than wayne rooney
so what are they going to add to the array of stars in our attack department.

the defence is where the problems are....de gea is settled now but the back
four and the defensive midfielder who would provide the shield to protect the
centre-halves. united don't need too many changes...and if at all, fergie wants to
bring new talents, the left back position and yann m'villa should be targeted.

Hazard can play behind Rooney in a 4-2-3-1 system, people forget that is his natural/favorite position. A front-four of

Valencia-Hazard-Nani
Rooney

will strike fear into any defense. Hazard is a massive improvement over Welbeck and co. When defenders see Danny leading the line, their confidence soars!

Personally, i think HUNTELAAR with just a year left on his contract would be an absolute steal and will blend into United's style perfectly.

ISP?!?!?!

snipesdam: Hello, has anyone recently downloaded god of war: Ghost of Sparta? And it plays on ps2. I want to know if i can get to download mine and burn for my ps2. Pls i need ur opnions.

Ha! I'm downloading it(+ Chains Of Olympus) for my PS3 right now!!!

There's no PS2 version, too bad.

You know, i was completely sold on Modric 18 months ago, but after closer analysis i realized(like other people have) the boy has a conspicuous tendency to disappear during games for no apparent reason.

@Debosky,

This your logic is beer-parlor-esque

Finally, Big Al is gone!

Arsenal are to release seven players from their contracts this summer, including goalkeeper Manuel Almunia.

Almunia, 35, signed for Arsenal from Celta Vigo in 2004 but has struggled for a consistent first-team role at the club since the switch, a cause not helped by a number of high-profile errors which led to criticism from some fans.

During the 2011-12 campaign he was loaned out to West Ham for a month, making four Championship appearances for the Hammers, before returning to Emirates Stadium.

Almunia failed to be called upon by manager Arsene Wenger following his comeback and will subsequently leave the club on June 30, when his current contract expires.

The shot-stopper, who made a total of 175 appearances for the Gunners, is joined by George Brislen-Hall, Gavin Hoyte, Sean McDermott, Rhys Murphy, James Campbell and Jeffrey Monakana in leaving Arsenal.

Link


Prayce tah lort!

sleekcm: @ritchboy, it doesn't matter how you play as long as you win. Nobody remembers who played the most beautiful game but champions are etched in history.

Last time my beloved Arsenal won a trophy, 2005 against United, Arsene packed the bus, played crap and won the FA cup via penalties.

Nobody gives a damn how United played better than Arsenal in that game. Who won?

It's sad that our manager has become delusional and forgotten what brought him so much success in his first 7 years.
Arsene needs to stop penny pinching and spend the money available to him. We missed out on Juan Mata for how many million? Maybe £3m? Then signed Park Chu Noooo for £3m.
Fantastic management by Wenger!
Now, Vertonghen is there for the taking, better than Vermalaen according to their coaches at Ajax, player of the year in Eredivisie, wants to join Arsenal, will cost under £10m.

Guess what? Arsenal are penny pinching once more! Arsene will come out and tell us we where in for him when he turns out for the tiny totts next season.

Never mind we still got JD the clown who earns his wages presenting a stupid diary on Arsenal.com

Rant over!

I feel your pain!

nateevs: Humble pie!

To be fair to Muki, she's right!
They will not hear the last of this.

To be fair to me, I'd already predicted Chelsea will win it eons ago!

afrodoc: well heynkes has to take a lion share of the blame for yday's defeat.despite hoeness's deals bayern still had enough players to win dt match.
wit robben ALWAYS cutting onto his left foot and running inside into d Mikel/Lampard roadblock he should have switched robben n ribery often to get some real width and ensure 2 things 1)that d 2 wingers went to d byline n CROSSED d balls for lazy Go-miss to prod home 2)dis would hav opened up d midfield by pullin lamapard n mikel to d wings. instead both players kept cutting inside,crowding d edge of d 18yard box n leaving d unimaginitive Go-miss redundant.
anoda issue was pulling off muller when there was no need for it.there was no obvious need for it cos boateng n tymo had dealt wit drogba reasonably truout d match AND pushin tymo into d midfield made bayern's midfield less fluid.in any case van buyten was USELESS when he was needed most........stopping drogba's header.

On point. . . Tymoschuk had dealt with Drogba surprisingly well to that point, and Schweiny/Kroos had done OK protecting the back-four, though Chelsea didn't ask many questions. The decision to reshuffle the pack was a bit of a knee-jerk, Muller was better than Ribery and Robben combined even when he moved wide(where he scored from).

chic2pimp: I'm sure it must have skipped your pea sized brain but Drogba has been banging them in Finals for years now. Something I suspect Van Persie knows nothing of .

So it's ok to play crap for 65-90% of the season like Drogba does on the regular, as long as you score in "the final" or semi final? Why should the final take significant precedence over other games, do you know of a team that got to a final without negotiating the other rounds?

Ain't it pure daftness to think a sick note like Van Persie would play 7-9 seasons more in the league?

You must be suffering from AIDS(Acquired Intelligence Deficiency Syndrome). RvP is 28, in 7 seasons time he'd be 35/36(common age for retirement), players with supreme tekkers like RvP who rely less on physical attributes even have a better chance on playing longer. What makes you think he won't play the next seven seasons?

And what trophies did he end up winning? Pls remind me again .

Yea, I'm sure Drogba gave Roman Abramovic all the billions he used to transform Chelsea's fortunes, what a mo[color=#000000]r[/color]on!


Mr Mumu, I've already murked people with twice your intelligence(i.e Ibime) on RvP vs Drogba/Gomez debate on Bayern thread, you can peruse it if you wish. I'm not going to waste more of my time debating with nonentities

chic2pimp: Nah not based on the fact he scored one goal. It's based on the fact he's been doing it for years now. Coming up trumps when it really mattered.

Doing what for years? Are you aware Drogba has only scored 20+ goals TWICE in EIGHT years at Chelsea? Maybe you're trying to say he's been pants for years.

Look at this twerp, With that brittle bone of his I'd be surprised if he played more than 3-4 years at the top level and I doubt what he'll ever achieve during that period would surpass Didier's.

Oh, so you've realized your comment was idiotic and changed it to "doubt", soon you will change it to "suspect" then "envisage"

Abeg Van persie should stick to his day Job of scoring vs the likes of Wolves and then fluffing his Lines in the CL.

You are a big foooooool! This season alone, RvP scored 3 goals vs Dortmund in the CL, 3 goals vs Chelsea, 2 goals vs Liverpool, 2 goals vs Man Utd, scored against Tottenham, AC Milan, Newcastle, Udinese etc. Marseille, Fulham and Man City are the only three teams he started and failed to score against, Mr Olodo.

coogar: and your thought process must be worth it's weight in pukery if you think fellaini
is better than fletcher, anderson or cleverley.

Fletcher that is liable to s[color=#000000]h[/color]it his pants at any minute?

Anderson? As in the same Anderson?

Cleverley? Maybe potential ability. Current level, not a snowball's chance in hell's furnace.

coming from a guy that once said
gallas was better than vidic, you should be the last person talking about player
comparison.

Gallas "was" better than Vidic. Can you pinpoint a time Anderson was better than Cesc Fabregas as you claimed a few seasons ago?

chic2pimp: Well after this Fianl I think we all can safely say not in Van Persie's wildest dream would he be viewed as the better player come the end of their respective careers.

Based on the fact he scored one goal and got owned the rest of the game by a makeshift center half, then gave away the stupidest penalty in history?

Not in your wildest dream would your IQ be a positive integer!

I'd also like to know how you arrived at this asinine conclusion considering the fact RvP still has 7-9 years left to play. If he scores the winning goal of the Euros' final this summer do we then conclude your crystal ball is faulty or you're reta[color=#000000]r[/color]ded beyond recognition?

chic2pimp: Didn't you say when all said and done,Van Persie would be seen as the better player as far as this Era is concrned?

And?

coogar: fellaini is shyte abeg.....he would be anonymous in man utd.
his quality suits everton. there's no pressure to do well at everton.
if he has to play in a club where the pressure to win all games is immense,
fellaini would fade. just ask charlie adam!

That crystal ball of yours must be worth it's weight in sh[color=#000000]i[/color]t!

coogar: it means arsenal would play qualifying games next season.
defending champions carry more weight than 3rd position.

what a leap! from chelsea's 6th position, they have
leapfrogged arsenal and tottenham. tottenham slips to europa league
and arsenal drops to 4th position(qualifying games)

Syntax error. . . All four English teams go straight to the group stage.

chic2pimp: Ritchboy

How will History look on Drogba and Van Persie now?

Forking hilarious

RuuDie: Fellaini is better than these guys!!? I no fit shout abeg!

What makes the likes of Fletcher, Cleverly, Pogba etc better than Fellaini other than the fact they play for Manchester United?

Mart d dart: So i can't play Fifa 2012 online without a PSN account??

Obviously you can't. . . But it's free and takes like 2 minutes to sign-up so i don't see why it should be a bother.

mbulela: apart from Anderson and Giggs who is he better than?

Cleverley, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes and Pogba.

Hehehe, see vexment!

Moral of the story: Don't count your chicks beore they hatch cos it ain't over till Adele(fat lady / Spuds fan ) sings. . . then chokes!

But Fellaini is better than all United's midfielders as we speak. . .

Shey they re-branded/merged PSN with SEN(Sony Entertainment Network). Haven't been online in ages cos of CFW, thank God for XBL!

Grizz: Never finished SotC on my Ps2. Maybe i'll try it out this time. Whats Ico like? Did you know the stories are connected somehow?

Ico is pretty much one of the best platformers ever made, in fact some diehards would tell you it is the best.

They were both created by the same devs(Team Ico), SotC is like a spiritual successor to Ico.

Grizz: Connectify worked for me. Download it, install and follow ritchboy's instructions. But on the sharing tab, instead of selecting "local area connection", select wireless LAN 2 instead.

You got your PS3 to connect to your PC's wi-fi with Connectify? Sweet, maybe I'll download it again and try it out, just for the fun of it!

I used another one called MyFi or MiFi or something for my android. Should work too, you should maybe check that out.

Yea i know guys use their droids for tethering though I'm not sure if it's ad-hoc-esque or hotspot-esque.

@OtunbaGm

I also forgot to add that as you obviously won't be connecting a Cat5 cable to your other devices for the wireless method, you'd have to create a wireless network on your PC by:

A. Turn on the wireless radio on your PC, go to Network and Sharing Center, click on "set up a new connection or network".

B. Scroll to the bottom and select "set up a wireless ad hoc network", then click next.

C. (i) Enter a network name i.e "I don't own a router"
(ii) Security Type: None. It only works for devices in a 30-foot radius so you don't need to worry about hackers or people stealing your bandwidth, unless maybe you have evil neighbours with invisibility cloaks.
(iii) Check "save this network", confirm.

D. Now you can connect your other wi-fi devices assuming you've already completed steps 6 and 7 from the previous post.

Ico & Shadow of the Colossus, MINT!

Unfortunately PS3s don't support wireless adhoc networks, which is the type of network Windows creates.

Though you can use it for your other wi-fi devices. The process(steps 6 and 7) is the same as it is for wired networks, except you select "Wireless Network Connection" instead of "Local Area Connection" from the menu in step 7. That's what I use for my iPad sometimes, usually when I'm mobile with no hotspot in sight.

I've also heard of some softwares that emulate wi-fi hotspots on Windows(as opposed to ICS/ad-hoc) which would theoretically make it possible for you to actually get online wirelessly on ur PS3 via ur PC.

I remember downloading an app called Connectify that was supposed to have that functionality. Didn't install it though cos I never had the need for it.

proudly9ja: Someone please educate moi. Are there not 25 players in every EPL squad? What's the talk about 'large' team if every squad has the same number of players?

Players under 21 or so(Ox, Jenkinson, Wilshere etc) don't necessarily need to be registered, thus "enlarging" the squad. Teams with young players good enough for the first team can have "larger" squads.

You've never played Football Manager?

OtunbaGm: How do I share my internet connection on my PC running windows vista basic with my PS3 for online games

Note I am using glo 3G pro modem(usb)

1. On your PC open up Network and Sharing center, click on change adapter settings. Then right click on Local area connection and click Properties from the list.

2. When LAN properties window opens up find Internet Protocol Version 4(aka IPV4) from the list and then click on it to highlight and then click on the Properties button.

3. On the Internet Protocol properties window, mark use the following IP adress and then you will be able to fill in the three fields below.

4. Input the IP as 192.168.1.1, the Subnet mask will fill itself out to 255.255.255.0 and put Default gateway as 1.1.1.1. At the bottom, mark Use the following DNS adresses and put in 2.2.2.4. Then click OK and click close on the Lan properties window.

5. On your PS3 XMB go to Network settings and then to Internet Connection Settings. Choose Custom setting, wired connection, Auto-Detect and then on the IP Address Setting choose Manual. Then enter the following:

IP address 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Default Router 1.1.1.1
Primary DNS 2.2.2.4

Then keep pressing right on the D-pad until it says press X to save settings.

6. Now go back to your PC, go to Network and Sharing Center, click on change adapter settings on the left pane.

7. Right click on ur internet connection(Glo), select properties. Click on the sharing tab, select "allow other network users to connect through this computer's internet connection". Under "home networking connection", select "local area connection"(your primary ethernet port by default), confirm and disconnect/reconnect if you were already online.

8. Now connect your console to your PC using a Cat5/6 network cable, Wait for connection to be established.

9. Enjoy

coogar: ritchboy, you are a toad!
fecking hell, dyabman - your picture resurfaces again after 2 yrs.
i remember this pic winning an award then. those underpants look
like garments taken off corpses in the jungles of rwanda/congo republic.